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All posts by Andre Burbidge

Finding your way

With the new Academic Year nearly upon us, we have put together a book display to help those who are coming to the area for the first time to study or work. The display has two themes ; one is concerned with the history of the School and the surrounding area…

Measles prevention : published documents and MSc research

Measles has been in the news of late, such as the death of a child in Liverpool who contracted the virus:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3enyd9z4yyo, and the reports in the most recent Chariot (2025, no. 28) with reference to the LSHTM Viral podcast Podcasts | Research…

World Immunization Week, 24-30 April 2025

According to the World Health Organization (https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-immunization-week/2025), immunization accounts for 40% of the improvement in infant survival over the last 50 years. The slogan for this year’s campaign is “Immunization for all is Humanly Possible”

Despite major achievements such as the…

World Diabetes Day, 14 November 2024

World Diabetes Day is marked annually on the 14th November

The organization DiABETES UK gives a very simple explanation of the nature and types of diabetes mellitus on their website, as part of the current campaign to raise awareness and reduce stigma:  https://www.diabetes.org.uk/about-diabetes

Here…

Postdoc Appreciation Week (PAW) 16-20 September 2024

The celebration of Postdoc Appreciation Week (PAW) was recently announced in Talent Development e-bulletin: 248 (03/09/2024). For more details, see https://uk-postdoc-appreciation-week.webnode.co.uk/teaching-methods/

In anticipation of PAW the Library has put together a display of books to aid postdoctoral staff…

Aristotle and biology

Aristotle (Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης 384-322 BCE) was an Ancient Greek philosopher. In our collection is a copy of his “Complete works (Opera Omnia)”, comprising of chapters devoted to the study of animals. (The history of animals, Movement of Animals, and Parts of animals). The work is in Greek with a Latin…

Labour and life of the people / Charles Booth. – London : Williams and Norgate, 1889-1891.

Four editions of Booth’s work were published, based on his notebooks, the version in our collection comprising three volumes including an appendix with maps. The work paints a vivid picture of the social conditions in London in the late 19th century. For much of the book, Booth is the…

Treatise on the small pox : in two parts, by Theophilus Lobb, MD. – London : printed for T. Woodward, 1731.

https://discover.lshtm.ac.uk/permalink/44HYG_INST/1m9295r/alma991000243259703736 (catalogue entry – no digitized version available)

Theophilus Lobb, M.D.  was a Fellow of the Royal Society (1678-1763). His biography makes interesting reading (1). Born to a pastor of independent dissenters in London, his education and career combined ministry…